Is fast food dead?

Depends what you call fast food. If you want to go into a chain and have it piled up ready for you to walk out with then lets hope so. If you mean a take away where they’ll cook you something fresh and you have to wait 10 minutes or so then no, loads of good independent takeaways available.
 
blueparrot said:
Depends what you call fast food. If you want to go into a chain and have it piled up ready for you to walk out with then lets hope so. If you mean a take away where they’ll cook you something fresh and you have to wait 10 minutes or so then no, loads of good independent takeaways available.
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don't disagree - just don't have it deliveroo'd !
 
Really_here said:
It staggers me how many people order take away food for home delivery. Never done it but even the best fish and chips is crap after being wrapped up for five minutes never mind 20. My partner's son lived in a (very expensive) tower block in Salford until very recently and every time we went around there there were loads of deliveroo and uber deliveries going on. And I agree that having to wait while delivery orders are prepared is frustrating
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city2 said:
People have become so fucking lazy if you can’t get off your fat arse and get it yourself.
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Yep, its crazy how lazy we have become as a society.

Does it help at times? I'm sure it does at times but its still shocking
 
Really_here said:
Horse is still on many many French menus
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The difference is that they tell you it's Horse, at the very basic level if you order cheese and onion crisps you wouldn't be happy if they thought fuck it give him prawn cocktail :)

It's not a moral argument for me it's an ingredient argument.
 
I really dislike all fast food. The smell, the taste, contributing to the obesity issue and all the environmental effects of the package wasteage.
If I got a 150 fine for one cig end I put on the floor in Manchester City Centre last week then I trust EVERY FUCKER that pollutes our streets with this shite gets a 1 grand fine. At least!! ;-)
 
blueparrot said:
Don’t have it delivered at all.Always better getting it home as quick as possible I ‘d also say though even taking a decent fish and chips home to eat isn’t great, tends to start going soggy, tastes much better eaten outdoors straight away,preferably on a sea front..
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If you are getting it from a chippy and taking it home get the Fish separate.
 
Keep the price affordable, and it will still thrive.
Case in point
I used the same Indian takeaway (on the edge of Warrington town centre) for 20 years. It was always busy, with people in the shop, and loads of phone orders. The last few months of 2023, the quality went down, and in early 24 it closed.

A month later, it reopened under new management, and I saw an opening weekend offer on the internet.
50% off your bill.
Fucking hell, it needed it.
Mrs Goldblatt is fond of king prawn curries. Hers was £12.50 without any rice/naan/chips etc. EXTORTION.

Needless to say, we haven't been back

When I've walked past the place (at peak time), there's no-one in there, and the chefs are standing around.

They class themselves as "contemporary".....in other words, "we'll jack the prices up"

Shame, as they were good curries, but at that price, they're taking the slash
 
blueparrot said:
Don’t have it delivered at all.Always better getting it home as quick as possible I ‘d also say though even taking a decent fish and chips home to eat isn’t great, tends to start going soggy, tastes much better eaten outdoors straight away,preferably on a sea front..
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AA Gill the Times food critic described fish and chips as race to eat it as soon as possible out of the fryer, he was right. (think he was reviewing Whitby)
 
lefty goldblatt said:
Keep the price affordable, and it will still thrive.
Case in point
I used the same Indian takeaway (on the edge of Warrington town centre) for 20 years. It was always busy, with people in the shop, and loads of phone orders. The last few months of 2023, the quality went down, and in early 24 it closed.

A month later, it reopened under new management, and I saw an opening weekend offer on the internet.
50% off your bill.
Fucking hell, it needed it.
Mrs Goldblatt is fond of king prawn curries. Hers was £12.50 without any rice/naan/chips etc. EXTORTION.

Needless to say, we haven't been back

When I've walked past the place (at peak time), there's no-one in there, and the chefs are standing around.

They class themselves as "contemporary".....in other words, "we'll jack the prices up"

Shame, as they were good curries, but at that price, they're taking the slash
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It isn’t all profit though all cooked food outlets have seen their enegy and ingredient prices rocket in the last 18 months. I’ve been lucky as my energy prices were fixed for 5 years just before the big increases I’ve seen others go from £3000 ish to over £6000.Some ingredients have also more than doubled.
 
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